Now that you've cruised the USA, are you ready to take on the world? In this follow-up to 1996's arcade racer for the Nintendo 64, players once again find themselves embarking on a trek across scenic locales in an effort to become the top driver in the world.

Cruis'n World features a total of fifteen tracks, taking you through the following international destinations: Hawaii, Italy, England, China, Japan, Australia, Kenya, Mexico, New York, Germany, Egypt, France, Russia and maybe even the moon!

New to this game is the Championship Mode, which offers competitive racing on shortened versions of the aforementioned courses. The goal is to finish within the top three of each race (out of ten drivers) on one of three difficulty levels: Easy, Medium or Expert.

As in Cruis'n USA, players can either work on improving their best times in the Practice Mode or enter the "Cruise the World" event to compete on longer variants of each course. While players begin the game with their choice of twelve cars, twelve more can be unlocked by finishing course within a certain target time.

Also featured is a trick system, allowing you to upgrade your car's paint scheme or maximum speed to one of five levels. Points are awarded for three types of stunts performed during the Championship Mode: Jump Flips, Super Helis and Mega Flips. You can also perform turbo boosts at any time as well as tilt your car on its side to drive on two wheels!

Cruis'n World automatically saves progress and best times to one of four data files on the cartridge, and the game also supports the optional Rumble Pak accessory for vibration feedback. Take on up to four friends for split-screen racing action around the globe! ~ Brad Penniment, All Game Guide

Your gamerDNA learns what you love about games so it can tell you what you'll enjoy about others. When you "run" your gamerDNA at a game page (like this one) the data within your gamerDNA is calculated against all the data associated with the game, in this case Cruis'n World, and what comes out the other side are all the things your gamerDNA has in common with the game. Pretty cool!

Your gamerDNA learns what you love about games so it can tell you what you'll enjoy about others. When you "run" your gamerDNA at a game page (like this one) the data within your gamerDNA is calculated against all the data associated with the game, in this case Cruis'n World, and what comes out the other side are all the things your gamerDNA has in common with the game. Pretty cool!

“#1 XCom. The UFOpedia is something I _loved_ in this game. The UFOpedia is one of the most notable items in this game, as it deeply detailed the in game stats of various equipment as well, as notes...”

“Hah, nice list. I'm happy to see somebody else put Cruis'n USA as one of their top games. I loved that game and you're definitely right on with the arcade feel. They did it well.

At some point while playing it with my friends I made up a song about my pink car. I don't really remember it anymore, but I do remember it being hilarious and repeatedly calling out it's pinkness, lol.”

“@colliny2k well, that is part of why it is fun. It makes next to no attempt to be this super realistic driving sim. I mean, you load it up, play it, and you have fun. I mean, even most super realistic driving sims make a large amount of blatant errors with how cars operate. The biggest example is that as soon as the camera enters the car, the dash board, steering wheel and hood of the car itself are gone. Also it become impossible to do, "mirror, mirror, shoulder, signal, shoulder" in those games in 1st person mode. This and other things that could be deconstructed from these "realistic games" generally just put them as elaborate arcade games. At least when you are putting on a Cruis'n game, you do not have to worry about putting on an air of preteniousness about the matter.

Though, I will note, I have heard this about Gran Tourismo, "all of the really good drivers I know are also awesome in Gran Tourismo"--and this case may have some merit as I have read through some of the stuff given here.

“really fun arcade game, it's a blast too have on a console, Love the exp system that's used too get your various upgrades for your cars along with the turbo when racing. Over all one of my favorite racing games of all time.”

“really fun arcade game, it's a blast too have on a console, Love the exp system that's used too get your various upgrades for your cars along with the turbo when racing. Over all one of my favorite racing games of all time.”